Powder-puff.



PATENTED DEC; 1, 1903.

' E. M. HUOT. POWDER PUFF; APPLICATION 11.21) 110V. '5, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 1, 1903.

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POWDER-PUFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,624, dated December1, 1903. Application filed November 5, 1902- Serial No. 130,214. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMMA MARY Huor, residing at Lewiston, in the countyof Androscoggin and State of Maine, have invented a new and usefulContinuously-Powdered Pufl, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sachets; and the object is to provide animproved toilet article of this character in which the powder may besafely and conveniently carried and from which it may be dispensed andapplied to or dabbed upon the skin, as desired.

Another object is to equip the sachet with two or more receptacles forcontaining powder of difl'erent color or scent and prevent the powderbeing intermixed when the sachet is folded.

A further object is to furnish means to prevent the powder being wastedor spilled and yet permit of its egress when required, and, finally, theobject is to arrange and combine the parts in a novel manner, so thatthe whole may be folded into a small parcel and carried about as an.ornament.

- For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of my inventionreference is to be had to the following description and the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved sachetfolded. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same unfolded, showing the top ordabbing pad of the central or main receptacle. Fig. 3 is a centrallongitudinal section on the line or w of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof the upper member of the sachet with the closure for the supplementalpouch or receptacle opened and the separating-flap thrown back. Fig. 5is an inverted plan view of the upper member shown in Fig. 4 with the reraining-flap extended beyond the side thereof. Fig. 6 is a transversesection through the central pouch or receptacle, showing the innorpowderholder and the retaining-flap tucked thereunder. This figure istaken on the line 3, y of Fig. 2.

In the drawings similar reference notations indicate the same partsappearing in the several illustrations, and reference being had thereto,1 designates an oblong piece ofcha- .mois, leather, or other suitablematerial of such length and breadth as may be fixed upon to meet thepurposes of its use, and it forms the outer inclosing portion for thesachet. Upon this piece 1 is secured by means of a stitching 2 asimilarly-shaped piece of material 3, the ends 4 of which extend beyondthe side edges of the piece l-and form a central 3 is provided with aplurality of perforations -7, which are inclosed by the stitching 2 andthrough which the powder escapes, and this central perforated portionserves as a dauber for applying the powder to the skin. To one side andupon the under face of the piece 3 is secured a retaining-flap 8, whichis adapted to be folded into the pocket beneath the pouch of reticulatedmaterial and lie in contact with the piece 1, as shown in Fig. 6 of thedrawings. This flap retains the pouch in place and prevents the powderfrom escaping at the open end 5 of the pocket.

On the extending end of the piece 3 is secured by means of the stitching9, which extends marginally around one end thereof, an elliptical piece10, provided with a plurality of perforations 11, which are inclosed bythe stitching. member of a pocket 12 for containing pow- This piece 10forms the upper der of another quality or color, or what is known asrouge, and this pocket is adapted to receive a pouch 13 of reticulatedmaterial similar to the pouch contained in the pocket 4. The free oruustitched end 14: of the piece 10 is adapted to fold over the stitchedend 10 and has secured thereto, near its fold, a retaining-flap 15,which is sewed to the upper side slightly beyond the line of fold and isthen doubled upon itself and folded into the pocket between the pieces,one side of the I said pocket being left open, as at 5, for theinsertion of the pouch containing the powder. .The pouch 6 for thepowder is preferably 1 formed of reticulated material of a mesh sufii- I,cient to permit the egress of the powder when the pocket is compressedordabbed upon the Eskin, but prevents the powder from wasting orspilling. The central portion of the piece pocket to lie beneath thepouch and contiguone to the upper face of the end 4, as shown in Fig. 3.This flap retains the reticulated pouch in place and prevents the powderes caping from the pocket.

Secured to the piece 10 and arranged to lie between the end 14 and thesewed portion of the piece 10 is a closure-flap 16, which prevents thepowder spilling through the perforations 11.

In Fig. 4 the closure 16 is shown folded back to expose theperforations, and the flap 15 is shown in dotted lines in its normalposition, as above described, while the end 14 of the piece 10 is shownextended, so that access is now had to the dauber portion of the pocket12. When the closure 16 is folded down over the perforations and the end14E folded over the closure, as shown in Fig. 3, the pocket iscompletely closed, and any paint or powder which might remain on theouter surface of the pouch is prevented from intermixing with the powderin the central pocket by means of the end 14, as shown in Fig. 2. Thisend flap is adapted to lie contiguous to the central pocket when thesachet is folded into a small compass, as shown in Fig. 1.

The end 14 of the piece 10 may be permanently held closed by a suitablefastening device, which in the present instance comprises a resilienthead 17, secured to the member 10, and a resilient socket 10, secured tothe free end 14. The closure-flap 16 is provided with an aperture 19,which fits over the head 17.

It will be understood from the description thnsfargiven that when thepocket 12 is closed, as shown in Fig. 2, the ends 4 of the piece 3 maybe folded over on the centralpocket, and the extending ends 20 of thepiece 1 may then be folded over the ends 4 and secured by a suitablehead and socket clasp 21, so that the sachet is arranged in compactform, as shown in Fig. 1, and may be carried about as an ornament, theedges being scalloped or notched to increase its artistic merit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is-

1. A sachet composed of two pieces secured together to form a pocket andhaving one piece formed with a plurality of perforations for emittingthe powder from the pocket, and a flap secured to said perforate pieceand arranged to extend within the pocket and lie contiguous to the otherpiece and prevent the escape of the powder from the open end of thepocket.

2. Asachet provided with a pocket, a pouch for holding the powdercontained in said pocket, and a fiap secured to one of the membersforming the pocket for retaining the pouch in the pocket.

3. Asachet provided witha pocket, a pouch of reticulated material forholding the powder contained in said pocket, means for retaining thepouch in the pocket and for preventing the escape of the powder, andmeans to permit the powder to be dispensed from the pocket.

4. A sachet having a pocket provided with a plurality of perforationsfor dispensing the powder therefrom, a flap secured to one of themembers forming the pocket,-and-a pouch for the powder held in thepocket by the flap.

5. A sachet provided with a plurality of pockets for containing powderof different quality or color, means for folding the sachet so that oneof the pockets will lie contiguous to the other pocket, and means toprevent the powder in one pocket from intermixing with the powder in theother pocket.

6. A sachet provided with a plurality of pockets for containing powderof different quality or color, each pocket having a flap to prevent theescape of the powder and a daubing-surface for each pocket provided withmeans for dispensing the powder.

7. A sachet provided with a plurality of pockets for containing powderof different quality or color, each pocket having a flap to prevent theescape of the powderand a (lambing surface provided with perforationsthrough which the powder is dispensed, and means to prevent the powderin one pocket from intermixing with the powderin the other pocket whenthe sachet is folded.

8. As an improved article of manufacture, a sachet composed of twopieces, one of said pieces being sewed at its central portion to thecentral portion of the other piece and lying transversely thereto toform a central pocket, an elliptical piece secured to the end of one ofthe pieces to provide a pocket at such end and having perforationsformed therein for dispensing the powder from the pocket, a closure forthe perforations and a flap portion constitutinga portion of theelliptical piece adapted to be folded over the closure and preventintermixing of the powders in the respective pockets when the sachet isfolded.

9. As an improved article of manufacture, a sachet composed of an outerinclosing piece and an inner piece secured to the outer piece andprovided with a pocket at one end thereof, a flap secured to one of themembers forming said pocket to retain the powder in the pocket, saidmember having perforations therein for dispensing the powder from thepocket, a closure for the perforations, and a flap portion constitutingan extension of said pocket-forming member for holding the closure inplace.

10. As an improved article of manufacture, a sachet composed of an outerinclosing piece, and an inner piece secured to the outer piece with itsends extending beyond the side edges of the latter,-an elliptical piecesecured to one of said ends to provide a pocket for containing powder, aretaining-flap secured to said elliptical piece to prevent the escape ofthe powder from the pocket, said piece having perforations therein fordispensing the powder, a closure ,to cover the perforations, and anextended free end adapted to be folded over the closure and the pocketportion of the elliptical piece, and means for securing said extendedend to the pocket.

11. As an improved article of manufacture, a sachet composed of twopieces, the pieces being sewed together and arranged transversely withrespect to each other forming a central pocket, and extended endportions adapted to be folded over the central pocket, a pocket on theend of one of-the pieces adapted to lie contiguous to the central pocketwhen the sachet is folded, and means to prevent the l powder in the endpocket intermixing with so the powder in the central pocket.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMMA MARY 'I-IUOT.

Witnesses:

MARY E. DIXON, LOUIS J. BRANN.

